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W.T. A. DURPHY. ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN FIXTURE.

No.562, 380. I PatntedJunefZB, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM T. A. DURPHY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF,

JOHN B. L. DURPIIY, AND CHARLES L. DURPHY,

OF SAME PLACE.

ADJUSTABLE co RTAIN-FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,380, dated June 23, 1896.

Application filed February 26, 1896. Serial No. 580,820. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM T. A. DURPHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missourhhave invented a certain new and useful Adjustable Curtain -Fixture, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates more especially to an adjustable fixture for curtains which are secured at each end to a rod. Curtains of this class are used on doors which have their up:

per parts glazed, and on windows.

When shrinkage occurs in curtains of this class, from laundering or any other cause, either the fixtures must be moved closer together, or else the curtain is torn, the rods bent, or the fixtures torn from the support to which they are secured. The object of my invention is to provide a fixture for curtains of this class, which can be adjusted in the direction of the length of the curtain, and thus obviate the undesirable results of shrinkage V of the curtain above referred to.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a fixture made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a view of a curtain and its rods supported by my fixtures. Fig. 2 is an isometric projection of the bracket for supporting the curtains rods. Figs. 3 and 4 are isometric projections of details, representing the means whereby the curtains rods are adjustably secured to the supporting-brackets 5 and Fig. 5 is a section of a detail on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1, a part of one of the curtain-rods being shown in dotted lines.

Like marks of reference refer to similar parts in the several Views of the drawings.

10 is a plate provided with openings for the reception of screws or other means for securing it to the door, window sash, or other object to which the fixtures are to be applied. Projecting at right angles from the plate 10 and preferably formed integral with it, is a plate 11, which, together with the plate 10, forms the bracket or main part of the fixture. In the plate 11 is formed a vertical slot 12, which is provided with an enlargement 13 of suffiring 20,

cient size to receive the end of a threaded cylindrical part 14. Near one end of the cylindrical part 14, a portion thereof is removed from opposite sides, leaving a fiat reduced portion 15 of such a thickness thatit will slide freely in the slot 12, but will not permit the cylindrical part 14 to turn in the same.

16 is a cylindrical member, through which passes a cylindrical opening 17, one end of which is interiorly provided with screwthreads corresponding to the screw-threads on the cylindrical part 14. The other end of this cylindrical member 16 receives one end of one of the rods 18, to which thecurtain 19 is attached. The cylindrical member 16 is provided on its exterior surface with a milled. by means of which it can be rotated. The enlargement 13 of the slot 12 is preferably made at the upper end of the said slot, as in the drawings, so that the cylindrical part 14 when left free to gravitate in the said slot will not drop out, but it is obvious that the said enlargement can be made at the lower end of the slot or at any other part of it, as desired. The fixtures are made in pairs, each pair consisting of a right-hand and aleft-hand fixture, as is usual in curtain-fixtures of various kinds.

In applying my fixtures, the brackets are first secured in position upon the door or window sash by screws or other suitable means. One of the threaded cylindrical parts 14 is then placed in each of the brackets by passing the end of said cylindrical partthrough the enlargement 13 of the slot 12 until the reduced portion 15 enters said slot. One of the hollow cylindrical members 16 is then placed on each end of one of the rods 18, to which the curtain 19 is attached, and the ends of said rod brought opposite the two opposing cylindrical parts 14, placed in the brackets 11. The hollow cylindrical members 16 are now screwed onto the said cylindrical parts 14, and thereby brought firmly against the plates 11 of the brackets, thus securing the parts in position, as shown in Fig. 5. The two remaining hollow cylindrical members 16 are then placed on the ends of the other rod 18 and screwed onto the two remaining cylindrical parts 14, placed in the two other bracklatter two hollow cylindrical ets 11. These members 16, however, are not screwed firmly against the plates 11, but left free to slide until the rod 18 is adjusted to the proper position to straighten out the curtain 19. The said cylindrical members 16 are then screwed firmly against the plates 11, thus securing the rods and attached curtain in the proper position.

I have shown all four of the fixtures made adjustable, but it will be readily perceived that if the slots 12 are made long enough to give the required amount of adjustment, only one pair of fixtures, either the upper or lower, need be made adjustable.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a fixture for curtains carried upon rods or the like, suitable brackets, means for securing said brackets in position, a fastening device carried by each of said brackets for engaging with one of the rods of the curtain, said fastening devices being adjustable in the direction of the length of the curtain.

2. In an adjustable curtain-fixture, suitable brackets, means for securing said brackets in position, a slot in each of said brackets extending in the direction of the length of the curtain, a movable member sliding in each of said slots, and a rotary member locking each of said sliding members in position, said sliding members being provided with means for engaging with the rod or pole of the curtain.

3. In an adjustable curtain-fixture, suitable brackets, a slot in each of said brackets, an externally-threaded movable member sliding in each slot, and an internally-threaded rotary member engaging with each movable member and locking them in position, said rotary members being provided with an opening for receiving one end of the rod or pole of a curtain.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal in the presence of the two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM T. A. DURPHY. [1,. 5.]

Witnesses:

A. O. FOWLER, J. B. DURPHY. 

